The Real Comedy Controllers
The Real Comedy Controllers, 2017
The Real Comedy Controllers was a special documentary show commissioned for BBC 4 Extra. It originally ran for 4 parts in 2017, but has been repeated regularly on the station...
Sid James – In Profile
Sid James, 1913 - 1976
Sid James is perhaps best known for his many appearances in the successful Carry On series and as long suffering Father in Bless This House.James initially made his name as Tony Hanc...
Hancock’s Half Hour, TV Show
Hancock's Half Hour, 1956
Often referred to as the first British sitcom. Hancock’s Half Hour, transferred onto television from the popular radio show of the same name in 1956 and continued until 1960, after ...
Sunday Service With The Sitcom
The Vicar And The Sitcom
For many years the traditional Sunday morning church service has been a staple of the British way of life. It's therefore only fitting that the local vicar should play a part in sitco...
Tony Hancock’s Christmas Special
Hancock's 43 minutes, 1957
Hancock's 43 minutes came at the end of the third series of his BBC television series.Christmas Specials as we now know them were unheard of in the day, consequently this was the...
In Profile – Galton And Simpson
Ray Galton And Alan Simpson
Perhaps, Britain's best known comedy writers. Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are best known for their classic sitcom Steptoe and Son and for their work with Tony Hancock, but there we...
Happy Christmas Tony Hancock Style
Hancock's Happy Christmas - 1956
A Christmas Special from Tony Hancock’s popular radio series.Summary“Christmas is going to be just like any other day in this house – dead miserable” proclaims Hancock....
Looking Ahead !
Well 2015 has been and gone. We've said goodbye to the last remaining cast member from Are You Being Served? Nicholas Smith, we've said goodbye to the actor who brought us the iconic Alf Garnett - Warren Mitch...
BBC Light Program, 1945
BBC Light Program, 1945 - 1967
As the war drew to a close the BBC began to return to full time broadcasting. At this time television was still very much a luxury item, radio was the popular entertainment medi...
Looking Back,
2014
Rather than launch into a lengthy discussion about the highs and lows of 2014, we're sure you've seen enough of them by now, we'll take a quick look back at some memorable moments from 2014 and take a qui...